Obtaining The Archaic Spade can be crafted using 1 Ancestral Spade, 1 Hilt of Revelations, 32 Griffin Feather, 6 Enchanted Ancient Claw, and 2 Enchanted Gold Block.
Using an Ancient Claw, you can craft the Ancestral Spade. The Ancestral Spade stats can be seen below: As you can see, the spade can allow you to dig up mythological loot and mobs. To do this you use the items ability, Echo. Echo is activated by right clicking the spade and will direct you to a burrow.
How to use the Ancestral Spade (how to find Mythological Creatures ...
The Archaic Spade and Deific Spades, upgrades to the Ancestral Spade, grant +2 and +4 burrow length respectively, in addition to allowing you to find more valuable items in burrows. The 'Erudite' reforge, which can be applied to any Spade via the Daedalus' Notes item, grants +2 burrow length.
But where do you get this Ancestral Spade, and why is the Griffin necessary? Both the Griffin pet at common rarity and the Ancestral Spade are able to be bought at Diana when she is mayor, Ancestral Spade costs 5,000 coins and 32 iron ingots to purchase, the Griffin pet costs 25,000 coins to purchase, which should not be difficult to get at all.
ok so I just started using the ancestral spade for the mythological event. i have one problem though, the spade isn't pointing me in a direction, it just plays some music. I have a common griffin equipped. What am i doing wrong?
Location A Minos Hunter can be dug up from a Griffin Burrow using an Ancestral Spade in the Hub during the Mythological Ritual event while using a Griffin Pet. The chance for a Minos Hunter to spawn and its tier is dependent on the Rarity of Griffin Pet you have equipped. If you have the LEGENDARY version, having Enderman Slayer 9 modifies the chance, due to the perk to spawn 15% more Exalted ...